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Gerda Taro (1910–1937), early female war photographer, remembered for her coverage of the Spanish Civil War, especially Valencia, published in Life and Illustrated London News; Elsa Thiemann (1910–1981), street photographer who trained at the Bauhaus; Abisag Tüllmann (1935–1996), photojournalist
12 January – Luise Rainer, actress (died 2014); 20 February – Rudolf Beckmann, SS officer (died 1943); 22 June – Herbert Quandt, German industrialist (died 1982); 1 August – Gerda Taro, Polish-German war photographer (died 1937)
Ambraser Heldenbuch, Fol. 149.Kudrun.The early sixteenth century epic collection Ambraser Heldenbuch, one of the most important works of medieval German literature, focuses largely on female characters (with notable texts being its versions of the Nibelungenlied, the Kudrun and the poem Nibelungenklage) and defends the concept of Frauenehre (female honour) against the increasing misogyny of ...
Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann (1815–1901), Germany's first professional female photographer with a studio in Leipzig from 1843; Hanna Weil (1921–2011), painter; Gisela Weimann (born 1943), visual artist, feminist; Kaethe Katrin Wenzel (born 1972), contemporary artist; Anna Maria Werner (1688–1753), painter; Anna Werner (born 1941), photographer
Germany and the United Kingdom signed the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty, under which Germany renounced its claims over Zanzibar in exchange for the strategic island of Heligoland. [39] 1891: The Pan-German League was established. 1892: Rudolf Diesel invented the Diesel engine. 1896: 3 January
The first standalone, dedicated cinema in Germany was opened in Mannheim in 1906, and by 1910, there were over 1000 cinemas operating in Germany. [13] Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen (the latter originally from Denmark) were the first major film stars in Germany. [14] Prior to 1914, however, many foreign films were imported.
Weimar culture was the emergence of the arts and sciences that happened in Germany during the Weimar Republic, the latter during that part of the interwar period between Germany's defeat in World War I in 1918 and Hitler's rise to power in 1933. [1] 1920s Berlin was at the hectic center of the Weimar culture. [1]
As reported, Carlssin started with an initial investment of $800 and ended with over $350,000,000 which drew the attention of the SEC. Later reports suggest that after his arrest, he submitted a four-hour confession wherein he claimed to be a time traveler from 200 years in the future.